Du Qiyue was thinking about how to get the news he wanted from the guy's mouth, and Brother Liu came in with a basket, and in the basket was the lunch sent to Du Qiyue, and the fragrance of the food drifted to Du Qiyue's nose with Brother Liu's movements, and Du Qiyue couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He had been groggy for the first two days, only drank some medicine, and now he had no stock in his stomach at all, and he only felt that his stomach began to rumble when he smelled the fragrance.

"Brother Qi Yue, you're awake, I'll help you get up and eat." Brother Liu put the clay pots and plates in the basket on the small table next to Du Qiyue's bed, and then helped Du Qiyue up, "Today I made bean flower and pork soup and cloth cakes, which are delicious." ”

"It smells so fragrant, Brother Liu, have you eaten it?" Du Qiyue asked, looking at the steaming food on the table.

"I've eaten it. Brother Qi Yue, do you want me to feed you? Brother Liu asked with a small spoon in his hand.

"No, I'll eat it myself." Du Qiyue took the spoon and shook his head, he is a big man and let a child take care of it, how can he let the child feed him again.

Du Qiyue took a bite of it, the palm-sized cake was golden in color, the crispy layer was clear, crispy and fluffy when bitten, the taste was slightly salty and a hint of spicy, and there was some egg fragrance and burnt green onion fragrance, which was very delicious. Du Qiyue finished eating in four or five bites, and after pouring the crumbs held on the palm of his hand into his mouth, Du Qiyue asked, "Brother Liu, how do you make this cake, it tastes so good." ”

"This cake is very easy to make, mix the flour with cold water and mix it into a dough, knead it a few times, roll it out and then roll it out again. Then brush a layer of egg wash on it, then evenly spread the lard and green onions, sprinkle with a little salt and chili powder, then roll it up and roll it into a thin cake, and finally cut it and fry it in lard until it is browned. It's just a little too oil-intensive, and the oil in our family's oil jar will be a lot less than once, and our family can eat some meat every day when we are busy with farming, and there is no shortage of lard, otherwise I am reluctant to do it. However, I have heard that rich people make this cake with flour mixed with lard and knead it into dough, and they sprinkle it with sugar, sesame seeds and nuts. But it must be delicious, but the sugar is too expensive. Brother Liu said.

Du Qiyue thinks that this cake is actually similar to butter cake, but probably because it uses lard, the quality of the flour is not very good, and it tastes a little rougher. Du Qiyue used to be a little more particular when she made butter cakes by herself, pouring a thick layer of egg liquid on the dough, sprinkling meat foam, and adding a little pepper, which tasted delicious.

"Brother Qi Yue, you drink this soup again, today's soup is made by me under the guidance of Ame, how about you taste it." Brother Liu pushed the small crockpot in front of Du Qiyue and said.

The crockpot was about three inches wide and about four inches high, about the size of a small soup cup, and contained a jar full of milky soup. Out of the farmer's habit of paying attention to cooking, some rice is put in the soup, and you can see that the rice grains have been completely boiled, and the smooth meat and snow-white tofu with light pink color and clear texture are piled on top, and some emerald green green onions are sprinkled on top, which makes people feel hungry when they look at it.

Du Qiyue scooped a spoonful and blew it twice and stuffed it into his mouth, the smooth meat was smooth and tender, the rice was soft and glutinous, and the tofu melted in the mouth. Although the soup is not particularly delicious, it has a taste of home, and the stomach of the person who eats it is warm, and the whole body feels ironed.

"It's delicious, Brother Liu'er's cooking skills are getting better and better." Du Qiyue praised.

After listening to the compliment, Brother Liu smiled shyly, and he also took a cake and sat on the side and ate it. His personality is not as quiet as the average little brother, but he is very educated when he eats, he takes a bite of the cake not too big, and then puffs his mouth and puffs out one cheek and chews it slowly, his face is full of satisfaction, which makes people feel a lot better when they look at it.

"Brother Qi Yue, what do you think I'm doing?" Seeing Du Qiyue looking at him, Brother Liu asked suspiciously.

"There's crumbs in your mouth, it's almost wiped off." Du Qiyue pointed at Brother Liu and said nonsense on the corner of his mouth.

"Ahh Brother Liu screamed, and hurriedly took out a handkerchief and wiped it with a red face, "Is there anything else?" ”

Du Qiyue was originally lying to Brother Liu, and when she saw him like this, she laughed, and was about to answer when she heard a sharp and sweet girl's voice say, "What's more?" Brother Liu, why is your face red, are you uncomfortable? If you don't feel well, go back, and I'll take care of Brother Qi Yue for you. ”

As soon as Brother Liu saw the arrival, he pulled down his face, walked to the door and asked unceremoniously, "Qian Ling'er, what are you doing here?" ”

"Of course I'm here to see Brother Qi Yue, Brother Qi Yue~~, I heard that you were sick, so I cooked you chicken soup. I cooked it all morning, but it's fresh. Qian Ling'er twisted her waist, walked around Brother Liu and walked into the house, sat on the stool where Brother Liu was sitting just now, and then took out a spoon and a big bowl of soup from the basket she was carrying, scooped a spoonful into the soup bowl and handed it to Du Qiyue's mouth.

Du Qiyue frowned, pushed away the spoon handed by Qian Ling'er through his sleeve, and leaned back quietly. He didn't see Qian Ling'er standing at the door just now, but now looking at her appearance, a trace of defense rose in his heart.

This Qian Ling'er is the daughter of the Qian family's brother and uncle's family, and the original body has met a few times in the past, and the other party's attitude is too eager to make the original body very unhappy. After the Qian family had such a plan, Qian Ling'er came out like this today, and he didn't need to think about it to know that his mind was not pure.

And this Qian Ling'er looks deliberately dressed up today, and even children in the countryside have to help with some work during the busy farming season, so the clothes are usually relatively shabby, for fear of ruining good clothes when doing dirty work. Qian Ling'er is wearing a newly made goose yellow robe with an emerald green gown today, with a few bright red velvet flowers on her head, this dress and her attitude of talking and doing things just now can't help but make people suspicious.

This Qian Ling'er is just as Du Qiyue thought, she has no intention, she is here to hook up with Du Qiyue, so she will wear her best clothes and dress up.

Qian Ling'er's uncle's family is prosperous because of the tofu workshop, but her family is very poor, Qian Ling'er's father is an unusually lazy old man, not very good at serving the fields, she is stupid and not like other people's will make pocket money, and she is not very good at running a family, she also has a rogue brother, thank God for not eating and gambling all day long, let alone making money, so although Qian Linger is beautiful and smart, she is also a leader at home and abroad, but the people who propose to her are not good people. Think about it, how could a good man want a family like theirs.

But Qian Ling'er didn't believe in fate, she felt that she would be able to find a good family with her appearance and character, so in the past few years, she has also tried to hook up with a few men with good family backgrounds, but unfortunately the sweetness is given to her, but no one seriously wants to marry her, which makes her angry, heart, liver and lungs hurt.

Two years ago, Qian Ling'er knew that her cousin Qian Yin, who pretended to be weak and gentle all day long, was actually engaged to the Du family in several nearby villages, not to mention how envious and jealous she was. Du Qiyue's family is rich, Daddy has a good character, and his own future is good, so he is really a good match. Qian Ling'er felt that she was much more beautiful than Qian Yin, she was a woman, no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't compare to Qian Yin, how could the Du family be in love with Qian Yin but not her, she was unwilling, so she tried to get close to Du Qiyue many times, but Du Qiyue was a very polite person, and she was stunned to look at her properly.

Now Qian Yin can't look down on Du Qiyue, Qian Ling'er feels that her opportunity has come, she is now close to Du Qiyue, and when her uncle's family has a fuss because Du Qiyue's father and mother are going to withdraw from the marriage, Du Qiyue's reputation is bad and she can't marry a girl from a good family, she took advantage of his sadness and frustration to show her heart, she didn't believe that Du Qiyue would look down on her. As for her uncle's family, it just so happens that the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, and I believe they will not say anything.

This Qian Ling'er had such an idea in her heart, where was she willing to let go of Du Qiyue, seeing that her hand was pushed away, not only did she not restrain herself, but sat down next to Du Qiyue a little, and her voice became more and more sweet and said: "Brother Qi Yue, why don't you drink it~~~, don't you think Ling'er is not delicious?" ”

Although Brother Liu is young, he has also reached the age of discussing relatives, so he knows a lot, and seeing that Qian Ling'er is not good, he hurriedly stepped forward to pull Qian Ling'er and said, "Who are you Brother Qi Yue?" Whoever wants to drink your chicken soup, get up for me. ”

"I am a relative of Brother Qi Yue, according to the relationship Brother Qi Yue~~~ You have to call me Sister Ling'er, why can't you drink my chicken soup." Qian Ling'er is a few years older than Brother Liu, and she has a lot of strength, so she shook off Brother Liu'er's hand and went forward with the chicken soup.

Brother Liu is not easy to get along with, he looked at the bowl of chicken soup and took a sip, and said: "Yo, this is really chicken soup, there is not even a little chicken foam, tsk, the chicken fat has also been skimmed off, so the clear soup and little water are also thanks to you are embarrassed to carry all the way from Liushutun Village to give people here, and it is not a shame!" ”

When Qian Ling'er entered the house, she saw the crockpot full of meat slices and tofu in Du Qiyue's hand, and she was thinking that she had made a mistake. But after thinking about it, Qian Ling'er felt that she couldn't blame herself, no one in this country was rich, and it would be good to have a bowl of chicken soup to drink, who would have thought that this Chen family would be so good to Du Qiyue. There are also one or two taels of meat in the clay jar, and now the pork costs thirty wen a catty, and two taels of meat are six wen yuan, she looked at the soup and there are tofu and rice, and the tofu now costs five yuan a piece, and there must be half a piece of tofu in it, that is, two and a half yuan, and the most ordinary japonica rice is five yuan a catty, and there must be one or two in it. Obediently, do the math, plus firewood condiments, such a bowl of soup will cost ten cents, and it will be reluctant to let her send such a bowl.

Quickly calculated an account in his heart, Qian Ling'er first thought that the Chen family was stupid, everyone knew that Du Qiyue had spent all the money in order to hold two funerals, I am afraid that there is only this big house and three acres of land left, the Chen family is so flattering to Du Qiyue, people will not give them the house and land. But Qian Ling'er thought about it for a while, if the Chen family didn't get benefits, how could they find a doctor and buy meat for Du Qiyue to eat, it must be that Du Qiyue still had money in his hand, so the Chen family would come over.

That's not going to work! Qian Ling'er thought. She came here today just to seduce Du Qiyue, her cousin Qian Yin'er is now a rich man in the town, so she can't look down on Du Qiyue, she can see it. In the few villages near here, it is not very happy that the family with a small population can have three acres of land, Du Qiyue alone has three acres of good land, and there are one of the best blue brick houses in several villages in this vicinity, this condition is really good for her. When she hooked up with Du Qiyue, not all the things of the Du family were hers, how could she let the Chen family take advantage.